Databases: What sources do I use? World Book Online Just like the encyclopedia you know and love - but now made easier online! If you are accessing from school or home, the username is avon and the password worth. American History Online Username - avon
Password - worth Oxford Reference Great Humanities (art, literature, music, social studies - even science) database! Username - avonworth Password - worth Proquest Access to Elibrary and SIRS Discoverer - great basic reference resources! Username - 18-7455 Password - bigchalk Power Library Free resources from the PA Department of Education. For a great reference source, use MasterFile Main Edition under the Newspapers/Magazines heading. Also try EBSCOHost for general reference.
Digital Public Library
DPLA: Digital Public Library of America
The DPLA offers a single point of access to millions of items—photographs, manuscripts, books, sounds, moving images, and more—from libraries, archives, and museums around the United States. Users can browse and search the DPLA’s collections by timeline, map, format, and topic; save items to customized lists; and share their lists with others.
Smithsonian artifacts New from the Smithsonian - 3d! http://3d.si.edu/ Find downloadable 3d files of Smithsonian artifacts!
Internet Public Library
Use this one search engine to find all the best sites on the web!
http://portal.getty.edu/portal/landing
Access digitized art history publications, rare books, and related
literature.
http://americanhistory.si.edu/
The Smithsonian's National Museum of American history.
Search Engines:
TheSearchEngineList (comprehensive list of engines by subject or medium)
LibGuidesCommunity
Semantic search tools (structured, intelligent results)
Directories
- OpenDirectory
- Google Directory
- Yahoo! Directory
- Best of The Web (BOTW)
Search Tool IdeasDatabases:
What sources do I use?
World Book Online
Just like the encyclopedia you know and love - but now made easier online! If you are accessing from school or home, the username is avon and the password worth.
American History Online
Username - avon
Password - worth
Bloom’s Literature
Username - avon
Password - worth
Ferguson's Career Guidance Center
Username - avon
Password - worth
Issues & Controversies
Username - avon
Password - worth
Modern World History Online
Username - avon
Password - worth
EBSCO Research Databases
Select from several reference, education, news and business databases.
Username - avon
Password - worth
Oxford Reference
Great Humanities (art, literature, music, social studies - even science) database!
Username - avonworth
Password - worth
Proquest
Access to Elibrary and SIRS Discoverer - great basic reference resources!
Username - 18-7455
Password - bigchalk
Power Library
Free resources from the PA Department of Education. For a great reference source, use MasterFile Main Edition under the Newspapers/Magazines heading. Also try EBSCOHost for general reference.
Digital Public Library
The DPLA offers a single point of access to millions of items—photographs, manuscripts, books, sounds, moving images, and more—from libraries, archives, and museums around the United States. Users can browse and search the DPLA’s collections by timeline, map, format, and topic; save items to customized lists; and share their lists with others.
Smithsonian artifacts
New from the Smithsonian - 3d!
http://3d.si.edu/
Find downloadable 3d files of Smithsonian artifacts!